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20.1
Description
About warning
messages
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Safety Directions
General
The following directions enable the person responsible for the product, and the person
who actually uses the equipment, to anticipate and avoid operational hazards.
The person responsible for the product must ensure that all users understand these dir-
ections and adhere to them.
Warning messages are an essential part of the safety concept of the instrument. They
appear wherever hazards or hazardous situations can occur.
Warning messages...
make the user alert about direct and indirect hazards concerning the use of the
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product.
contain general rules of behaviour.
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For the users' safety, all safety instructions and safety messages shall be strictly
observed and followed! Therefore, the manual must always be available to all persons
performing any tasks described here.
DANGER, WARNING, CAUTION and NOTICE are standardised signal words for identify-
ing levels of hazards and risks related to personal injury and property damage. For your
safety, it is important to read and fully understand the following table with the different
signal words and their definitions! Supplementary safety information symbols may be
placed within a warning message as well as supplementary text.
Type
DANGER
Safety Directions
Description
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which,
if not avoided, will result in death or serious injury.
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